PFE Options History — August 2012

In August 2012, PFE traded between $22.48 and $23.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.2%, placing in the 10.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 14.6%). Max pain ranged from $21.82 to $22.77. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.67.

Notable Days

  • 2012-08-07: Highest Volume — 154,368 contracts
  • 2012-08-06: Largest IV spike — 20.7% change
  • 2012-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 23.8%
  • 2012-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.68$22.48$23.04$22.71$22.64
Max Pain$21.90$21.82$22.77$22.77$21.82
ATM IV15.2%13.0%22.3%22.3%13.2%
Expected Move4.2%3.7%5.4%5.4%4.2%
HV 20d14.6%12.1%16.7%14.9%12.1%
HV 60d13.6%13.2%14.0%13.4%13.2%
IV Rank10.3%5.3%23.8%23.8%5.9%
IV Percentile15.7%4.0%59.1%59.1%6.0%
Term Structure0.9%-1.3%1.9%-1.3%1.6%
VWIV15.2%13.5%20.3%20.3%15.0%
Skew 25d1.9%1.3%2.6%2.6%2.2%
Skew 10d5.1%2.6%7.5%7.5%5.3%
Call IV 25d14.6%13.0%18.8%18.8%14.5%
Put IV 25d16.5%14.8%21.4%21.4%16.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.032.0312.625.8412.62
Gamma HHI0.260.220.390.260.23
Net GEX63.1M52.5M97.5M65.7M52.9M
Net DEX-971.1M-1.24B-830.5M-1.10B-899.2M
Net VEX-6.2M-6.7M-6.0M-6.7M-6.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.670.031.900.491.23
Total Volume51,429.21712,205154,36878,15625,967
Total OI1,915,834.2171,818,3291,977,3061,977,3061,911,613

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-08-01$22.71$22.7722.3%5.4%14.9%23.8%20.3%2.6%-1.3%65.7M-1.10B-6.7M0.495.8452,57225,5841,107,280870,026
2012-08-02$22.69$22.7718.5%5.2%14.4%15.7%19.4%1.8%-0.6%61.6M-1.03B-6.6M0.243.0735,5968,4831,072,432857,906
2012-08-03$23.04$21.8217.2%4.8%14.6%12.9%16.2%2.6%-0.4%69.0M-1.24B-6.2M0.423.4734,40714,5981,079,518860,222
2012-08-06$23.02$21.8220.8%4.7%14.7%20.6%16.6%2.1%-0.1%71.8M-1.21B-6.1M0.752.0327,33420,3841,074,749850,890
2012-08-07$22.52$21.8217.2%4.0%16.7%12.9%14.4%1.9%0.9%69.7M-951.2M-6.1M0.342.90114,99039,3781,079,459859,516
2012-08-08$22.61$21.8214.9%4.3%16.4%10.6%15.6%1.7%0.4%65.9M-959.9M-6.3M0.412.4558,66923,9471,077,893882,065
2012-08-09$22.65$21.8214.6%4.3%15.9%9.8%15.2%1.6%0.5%66.9M-978.5M-6.2M0.512.3116,3138,3091,071,223889,836
2012-08-10$22.71$21.8213.7%4.2%15.8%7.3%14.8%1.8%0.7%67.7M-953.8M-6.5M1.903.015,54810,5241,078,465893,300
2012-08-13$22.50$21.8215.8%4.1%15.7%13.3%15.2%1.6%0.8%65.3M-878.4M-6.1M0.292.7040,14611,5581,070,792892,875
2012-08-14$22.75$21.8214.7%4.1%14.4%10.2%14.7%1.3%0.8%75.5M-1.00B-6.2M0.623.0315,1729,4821,047,825898,661
2012-08-15$22.81$21.8214.5%4.0%14.4%9.7%13.8%1.5%1.0%80.0M-1.08B-6.0M0.036.10116,8913,7751,048,563903,187
2012-08-16$22.79$21.8214.0%4.0%14.3%8.2%14.7%1.7%1.3%97.5M-1.06B-6.1M0.954.9629,45328,1001,060,346899,087
2012-08-17$22.57$21.8213.0%3.7%14.7%5.3%13.5%1.9%1.9%55.8M-830.5M-6.3M0.414.7241,88417,0091,055,286918,346
2012-08-20$22.69$21.8213.5%3.9%14.7%6.8%13.6%1.3%1.5%55.5M-969.8M-6.0M1.405.8719,44327,145978,366839,963
2012-08-21$22.48$21.8213.1%3.8%14.6%5.7%13.6%1.5%1.5%53.8M-855.7M-6.0M0.723.2835,05125,210989,170847,050
2012-08-22$22.49$21.8213.1%3.7%14.6%5.5%14.0%1.8%1.7%53.6M-858.1M-6.3M1.303.6812,04115,6901,004,432856,746
2012-08-23$22.52$21.8213.5%3.9%14.4%6.8%14.1%1.6%1.7%52.5M-866.2M-6.3M0.243.6661,22214,6901,006,905862,777
2012-08-24$22.78$21.8214.1%4.1%14.1%8.7%14.7%2.6%1.2%55.1M-984.2M-6.0M0.864.3321,78318,732987,350872,534
2012-08-27$22.67$21.8214.1%4.0%14.1%8.6%15.0%2.3%1.2%53.2M-915.4M-6.1M0.683.027,2704,935986,804879,093
2012-08-28$22.63$21.8214.2%4.1%13.2%8.9%15.1%1.9%1.5%53.5M-895.7M-6.1M0.782.7412,4939,783991,100879,724
2012-08-29$22.73$21.8214.4%4.1%13.2%9.5%14.9%1.8%1.4%55.2M-950.1M-6.1M0.462.9410,8575,030998,132884,551
2012-08-30$22.62$21.8215.0%4.3%13.3%11.2%15.7%2.0%1.3%52.6M-870.2M-6.3M0.433.8731,85613,5681,000,890887,239
2012-08-31$22.64$21.8213.2%4.2%12.1%5.9%15.0%2.2%1.6%52.9M-899.2M-6.3M1.2312.6211,65614,3111,017,185894,428